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e-Matchmaking: Can a Computer Program Find Love For You?

I logged on to a dating site the other day and was greeted by a large, flashing message. It promised that if I took the time to answer a series of questions that they would find a "perfect match" for me. Imagine that?
Devlyn SteeleFebruary 24, 2005

Five Steps to Goal-Setting

What would you like to achieve in your lifetime? Author Basil S. Walth once said, "If you don't know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?" These are words well spoken, because whether you're working toward...
Jennifer MinarFebruary 25, 2004

Three Proven Ways to Handle Your Writing Anxiety

Writing anxiety and writing block are informal terms that are used to denote pessimistic and anxious feeling about writing. Researches showed that the majority of students exhibit unusually strong apprehension about writing.
Linda CorreliMarch 27, 2006

Why Do We Play Dirty?

There are a lot of things nowadays that we don’t really want to talk about. These are everyday things that we do and don’t even think about what we are doing exactly.
Tyler BensonJanuary 02, 2006

The Way of Light

The Netherlands is a country known for its religious, ideological and ethnical tolerance. But what is perhaps less known is that it is also a country religiously divided into a northern part dominated by a culture of Calvinism and a southern part,...
Remko de Knikker - CaprioMarch 10, 2004

Getting Started in Column Writing

You’ve written many articles for Websites, newsletters and now you’ve even conquered the territory of getting published in a magazine. What’s the next step, you ask? How to I make the editor ask for my work weekly or monthly?
Mridu KhullarJanuary 22, 2005

The Romantic Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance: Claude McKay

Claude McKay (1890-1948) was born in Jamaica to "relatively prosperous peasants" (Hathaway 489). In his youth he "studied classical and British literary figures and philosophers as well as science and theology" (Hathaway 489).
Mary ArnoldFebruary 09, 2006

Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 6 of 6

SALE, SAIL Sale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale")or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is partof a ship or boat.SELL, CELLSell is to exchange for money; cell is a small room.SCENE, SEENScene is...
Laraine Anne BarkerFebruary 04, 2002

Essay Writing: What’s In It For Me?

How do you react to your teacher’s assignment to write an essay? Doubt, you are pleased. Instead, you are grumbling and anticipating dull hours of essay writing, the purpose of which still seems vague and meaningless to you.However, you can get...
Linda CorreliAugust 30, 2006

Should Freelance Writers Have a Minimum Wage

With election season here, raising the minimum wage is a hot topic. This got me to thinking about freelance writers – severely underpaid professionals, in my humble opinion.Freelance writing is a profession where competition is fierce – so...
Yuwanda BlackNovember 20, 2006